SUBMISSION CHECKLIST

 

Thank you for deciding to submit your paper to JOURNAL OF BIODIVERSITY (JBD).

Please make sure that you have satisfied the points on following checklist before submitting your manuscript. If you have any questions about the submission process, please contact  kre@airtelmail.in

 

Instructions for Contributors/Guide for Contributors

 

Prepare the manuscript as per style of the journal. Read the detailed Instructions for Contributors/Guide for Contributors for JOURNAL OF BIODIVERSITY (JBD).

 

Peer Reviewers

 

Provide the contact details of at least three potential peer reviewers for your paper. These should be experts in your field of study, who will be able to provide an objective assessment of the manuscript's quality. Any peer reviewers that you suggest should not be members of the same research institution. They should not be one of the Editorial advisers for the journal, unless they work precisely in your field.

Full Name:

Present Status:

Field of Specialisation:

Name and Address of Institute/Department/University:

Postal Address:

Telephone: (Office)/ (Residence),

Mobile:

Fax:

E-mail addresses: (MUST)

 

Manuscript Files

 

Do you have all the files for the manuscript in an acceptable format?

·                     Main Manuscript: MS Word

·                     Tables Files:  MS Word Tables should not be included in the manuscript file.

·                     Figure Files: Must be separate files, not embedded in the main manuscript.

·                     Figures/Tables: Refer in the text the place to insert the Tables/Figures.                  

 

Article Processing Charges

 

Payment of paper processing fee, black and white photographs, for extra pages (if an article exceed twelve printed pages not typed pages) and for alterations other than correction of printer errors are mandatory, but not for order for reprints. The corresponding author will get a free copy only, but the other contributor/s can buy a copy.

 

Conditions of submission and KRE Journal Copyright

 

Do you confirm that all the authors of the manuscript have read and agreed to its content, that readily reproducible materials described in the manuscript will be freely available to any scientist wishing to use them for non-commercial purposes?  Do you confirm that the manuscript is original, has not already been published in a journal and is not currently under consideration by another journal?

 

©Kamla-Raj Enterprises. All rights reserved. No part of this publication JOURNAL OF BIODIVERSITY (JBD) may be reproduced in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the publisher.

Yes, I am submitting author of this article and I accept the conditions of submission and the KRE Journal Copyright.

 

Manuscript

 

Manuscript should consist of the following subdivisions (1-10)

each prepared as a unit on separate sheets:

 

1.         Title page

 

Title

Author’s Name

Institution from which the paper emanated, with City, State, Country, Postal Code, and E-mail Address

Abbreviated Title (Running Headline) not to exceed 50 letters and spaces

Name, Address, Telephone Number, Fax Number, and E-mail Address of the Person to whom the all the correspondence is to be addressed.

 

2.         Key words

 

Key words should not repeat terms used in the article title, and should not exceed 80 characters and spaces

 

3.         Abstract

 

The abstract should consist of 200 words or less. The abstract be written in complete sentences and should succinctly state the objectives, the experimental design of the paper, and the principal observations and conclusions; it should be intelligible without reference to the rest of the paper.

 

4.         TEXT

 

1. USE FOLLOWING FONT TYPE  IN THE TEXT FOR HEADINGS, SUBHEADINGS AND SUB-SUBHEADINGS

 

USE TIMES NEW ROMAN FONT FOR THE COMPLETE TEXT

MAIN Headings - CAPS Bold (CENTRE OF THE TEXT)

Subheadings  - Upper Case/Lower Case BOLD (ON LEFT SIDE OF THE TEXT)

Sub-Subheadings  - Upper Case/Lower Case Italics BOLD (ON LEFT SIDE OF THE TEXT)

Sub-Sub-sub-headings  - Upper Case/Lower Case Italics  (WITH THE TEXT)

 

2. abbreviations

 

Give full name for each abbreviation and avoid them for & etc.

 

3. Statistical Symbols

 

Please check the statistical symbols carefully or use name of the symbol

 

GIVE TEXT UNDER THE FOLLOWING  HEADINGS SEPARATELY

 

I. Introduction

 

II. Methodology

 

III. Results

 

IV. Discussion

 

V. Conclusion

 

VI. Recommendations

 

No summary in the end

 

5.         Acknowledgement

 

6.         NOTES

 

List the NOTES and REFERENCES under separate heads

 

7.         REFERENCES

 

REFERENCES: These should be listed at the end of article, arranged alphabetically according to the surnames of the authors and then chronologically. Following are examples of the proper reference style of various sources but while listing there should not be any separate subheading/s for Journals/Books/Newspapers/Magazines etc.  Avoid using IBID and OP. CIT. in the text.

  

Journals:

Bhasin V 1996. Caste Dynamics in Transhumant Society. J Hum Ecol, 7(2): 77-94.

 

Books:

Bhasin MK, Bhasin Veena 1995. Sikkim Himalayas: Ecology and Resource Development. Delhi: Kamla-Raj Enterprises.

 

Sections of Books:

Cohen CP 1998. United Nations Convention on Rights of the Child: Relevance for Indigenous Children. In: DK Bherea (Ed.): Children and Childhood in Contemporary Societies. Delhi: Kamla-Raj Enterprises, pp. 173-187.

 

Newspaper / Magazine:

Bhasin Veena 1982. Ecology and Gaddi Culture. Hindustan Times, Weekly, August 29, 1982,  P. 9.

 

Radio/Television Talk:

Bhasin Veena 1986. Radio Talk - Gaddis of Himachal Pradesh. All India Radio ‘Yuv Vani’ - 1st July, 1986.

 

Meeting Paper:

Bhasin V, Bhasin MK, Singh IP 1978. Some problems in the education of Gaddis of Bharmour, Chamba District, Himachal Pradesh. Paper presented in Seminar on Education and Social Change in Himachal Pradesh (H.P.) in H.P. University, Shimla, November 13 to 16, 1978.

 

Report:

UNESCO 1974. Report of an Expert Panel on MAB Project 6: Impact of Human Activities on Mountain and Tundra Ecosystems. MAB Report Series No. 14, Paris: UNESCO.

 

Thesis / Dissertation:

Bhasin Veena 1981.  Ecological Influence on the Socio cultural System of the Gaddis of Bharmour Sub-Tehsil, Chamba District, Himachal Pradesh. Ph. D. Thesis, Unpublished. Delhi: University of Delhi.

 

Work “in press”:

Bhasin Veena 2004. Economic pursuits and strategies of survival among Damor of Rajasthan. J Hum Ecol, (in press). 

 

Website:

Official Home Page of Work and Income New Zealand.  From http://www.workandincome.govt.nz  (Retrieved March 18, 2004)

    

When there are more than five authors use et al. in place of rest of the authors.

 

REFERENCES IN THE TEXT: References citations in the text should be in parentheses and include author name(s) and year of publication. Text citations of two or more works at the time should be given in chronological order. When citing a paper written by three or more authors, write the name of the first author plus “et al.” (However, all authors must be given in the Reference section). Where there are two or more papers by the same author in one year, distinguishing letter (a, b, c....) should be added to year. All references should be carefully cross-checked; it is the author’s responsibility to ensure that references are correct.

 

 CHECK THE FOLLOWING POINTS WHILE CITING THE REFERENCES IN THE TEXT AND LISTING THEM IN THE END

 

Check do not give number either in the text or in the list of References in the end

List only those REFERENCES in the end which are cited in the text

 

REFERENCES  CITED IN THE TEXT FOR TEXT

 

1. Write only Family Name/Caste and not first or middle name except when there is more than one author with the same Family Name/Caste than to differentiate among them use first and/or middle name.

2. Do not use IBID and OP. CIT. in the text.

3. When there is one authors’ cited for an observation/evaluation than arrange it as follow

For example: Coale (1965) or Khakhar and Gulati (2000) or Dey et al. (2008)

4. When there are more than one authors cited for an observation/evaluation than arrange them according to the year of publication and do not put comma before the year and place semi colon after the year

For example: (Coale 1965; De Jong 1974; Gulati 1996; Khakhar and Gulati 2000; Dey et al. 2008; Sharma 1997)

5. When there are more than one cited references in an observation/evaluation which are published in the same year than arrange the list of authors

alphabetically

For example: (Bhasin et al. 2007; Boon et al. 2007; Regassa 2007; Singh et al.  2007)

FOR LIST OF REFERENCES

 

Check the List of References carefully and arrange them as per style of the journal as follow:

 

1. do not put NUMBER before any Reference

2. do not use COMMA, FULL STOP in an individual name,

3. do not place AND when there are two or more than two authors,

4. do not place use et  al. (NOT IN ITALICS) when there are more than two authors, i. e., Give names of all the Authors, however you

may use et al. after listing at least first five authors,

5. place the YEAR of publication after the authors before the title of the paper, when using abbreviations for the title of the journal than do not use FULL STOP,

6. after the name of the journal put COMMA and give VOLUME NO. Than COLON and PAGE NUMBERS.

7. do not give any separate subheading/s for Journals/Books/Newspapers, Magazines etc. 

8. Internet references should be mentioned when retrieved;

9. do not use OP. CIT.

 

8.         Tables

 

 

9.         FIGURES, LINE DRAWINGS AND PHOTOGRAPHS

 

1. Figure/s must be clear and concise in line drawing and black & white only (without any colour and background).

2. All figures must be cited in the text. They should be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals. All illustrations (Graphs/Maps/Line Drawings/Black & White, Coloured Photographs etc.) are referred to as Figures.

Figure legends are to be numbered consecutively as follows:

Fig. 1. . . , Fig. 2... , and should follow the sequence of reference in the text.

3. To achieve greatest fidelity and rendition of detail, it is preferable that the printer work directly from original drawings or high-quality photographic prints (but not photocopies made on an office duplicating machine). All illustrations must be submitted in complete and finished form with adequate labeling.

4. Figure titles should be complete but brief.

5. You must keep the figures in the end of the text and references.

6. Send also the Hard Copy/ies of figures/photographs for final processing of the paper.

 

10.       Appendix (if any)